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Old 04-23-2013, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by elchivito View Post
The only kaboom I've ever had was years ago, what I believe to be a double charged .45 in a 1911. The rubber bottom of the magazine blew out straight down. No damage to me or the pistol, other than soaked BVDs. Low pressure rules.

10mm factory loads in excess of 50K psi. Plastic pistol. What could possibly go wrong?

I too fired a double charged load in a 1911 one time. My reaction was the same. Scared the daylights out of me, but there were no other problems. Made for a proof load I suppose.
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